Tuned to Yesterday
10 p.m. to midnight - Nightly
Decades ago, WRVO Public Media began broadcasting old-time radio with a small collection comprising 20 reel-to-reel tapes. Today the collection includes nearly 7,000 reels and over 20,000 broadcasts.
"Tuned to Yesterday" is public radio's premier old-time radio show, hosted by Mark Lavonier. The highest quality broadcasts are restored and played as they were heard years and years ago. You'll hear programs like "The Whistler," "The Jack Benny Show," "Fibber McGee and Molly," "Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy," and "Gunsmoke" -- spanning all genres.
Visit the "Tuned to Yesterday" schedules page, available here.
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True History: Cavalcade of America “I, Mary Peabody” 3/21/50 NBC, Family Theater “Two Tickets for Stockholm” 2/25/53 MBS.
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Romance: Romance “Dateline Escobar” 8/13/55 CBS, Academy Award Theater “Hold Back the Dawn” 7/31/46 CBS.
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Mystery: Molle Mystery Theater “Talk Them to Death” 6/27/47 NBC, It’s a Crime, Mr. Collins “The Chrome Yellow Death” 1956 MBS.
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True History: You Are There “Columbus Discovers America” 7/28/47 CBS, Cavalcade of America “The Sailor Takes a Wife” 1/31/44 NBC Red.
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Mystery: Amazing Nero Wolfe “The Case of the Dear, Dead Lady” 11/3/50 NBC, New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes “The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes” 5/20/46 MBS.
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Horror: Sealed Book “Death Rings Down the Curtain” 7/1/45 MBS, Lights Out “Cat Wife” 4/6/38 NBC.
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Science Fiction: Suspense “The Voice of Company A” 8/3/58 CBS, X Minus One “C-Chute” 2/8/56 NBC.
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Adventure: Chandu the Magician 3/31/49 MBS, Bold Venture “Bring Me the Body of Slate Shannon” 1951 Syndicated.